Download PDF version Nowadays Halloween Night is popular around the world. It is associated with America, pranks, costumes, spooky candies, witches, and ghosts. Cinematically, this night took center stage when John Carpenter’s Halloween was released on 25 October 1978....
Download PDF version [Please, check this page for updates on the program, keynote talks, and panels] Confirmed keynote scholars: Enrique Ajuria Ibarra, Xavier Aldana Reyes, Kyle Bishop, Kevin Corstorphine, Justin Edwards, Anya Heise-von der Lippe, Michael Howarth, Evert J. van...
Author: Juan Rodríguez Santos University of Alcalá Download PDF version If you polled Americans to identify which character in all cinema best represents American values, it is quite likely that many would choose Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Without a doubt,...
Download PDF version Musical films are a favourite among viewers since their emergence in 1927 (Chilton 2020) tied to the arrival of the “talkies” and the consequent possibility of including sound within what were, until then, silent films. Their popularity...
Download PDF version As a nation, the United States has witnessed two critical periods in its history when the unity and coexistence of its people were at stake. The first took place just after the United States became a country....
Download PDF version If this were a script for the latest iteration of that beloved genre of election-themed films, you may think that it would best be classified under a specific sub-category, that of dystopian election films, with titles like...
We’re glad to share the call for papers for the issue on True Crime in Contemporary American Popular Culture of the Crime Fiction Studies journal. The issue will capitalise on a recent swell of public interest in true crime narratives,...
Featured image: art by Steve Marchal. Download PDF version When Rocky was released in 1976, it became a worldwide phenomenon celebrated by both audience and critics. The story of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is the typical fairy tale of the...
Download PDF version 57 years ago, on August 28, 1963, in the very same place where the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln a century before, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historical public speech known as “I Have...
Uncut Gems—the fourth feature film directed by brothers Josh and Benny Safdie—is an exhausting tale of gambling, jewels and loan sharks, and gives the audience very few opportunities to catch their breath during its runtime of over two hours, which...
